On-site assembly is fast and an average of a storey a should be readily available
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Bi-Steel is growing beyond its earlier security-sector applications into the construction mainstream, particularly with Corefast, a prefabricated building-core technology for lift shafts, stairwells and shear walls and the first project to finish on site is a lift shaft for Dundrum cinema, south of Dublin. Bi-Steel cores are high strength and fast, which may be more important at the low level of a building than higher up and there it may be more economical to complete the core in more
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2006
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Chicks with Bricks is not about altruism or political ideals: It's about economics, pure and simple
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'Chicks with Bricks' is a women's group in the construction industry, which focuses on providing women a forum to meet, debate and celebrate their success. It aspires to find an inclusive vision for the industry, focusing on collaboration between all the sectors of the built environment and accepting nothing less than the very highest standards of design.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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